Lecture: 3 hours
Discussion: 3 hour
Prerequisite: Course 175 or 177 or 178
Grading: Letter, homework (35%), project (40%), midterm (25%)
Catalog Description:
Advanced topics in methods of modeling and rendering complex geometric objects, using isolated points as primitives, or else using multiple images of the object or its sub-parts, acquired or created from multiple viewpoints.
Goals:
Provide the basic tools for understanding of research topics in point-based and image-based rendering. Prepare students to understand and conduct research in this area.
Expanded Course Description:
Traditionally, images have been rendered from polygonal or surface- patch models. Recently models using clouds of isolated points have become popular, especially for complex objects where the polygons would project to less than a pixel on the screen. Also, when multiple input images of an object or scene are available from different viewpoints, it is possible to render images for new viewpoints directly from these input images, without converting to an intermediate geometric model. This is easier when the depth at each input pixel can be determined, either from range scanning, stereo matching, or an existing geometric model. In this course we will read and discuss recent papers on point-based and image-based modeling and rendering.
Topics will include:
Textbook:
There will be no textbook for this course, which will instead be based on reading recent research papers.
Engineering Design Statement:
The individual student taking this class will present to the class the theory and results in a recent research paper. The student will also design and implement an algorithm for point-based or image-based modeling and/or rendering, as a final project in the course, either developed independently, or taken from the description in one of the state-of-the art research papers in this field.
ABET Category Content:
Engineering Science: 2 units
Engineering Design: 1 unit
Instructor: N. Max
Prepared by: N. Max (December 2008)
Overlap Statement:
There is no significant overlap with other courses.
12/08